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Vajra is more than just a book store and a publisher. The remarkable thing about this place, if you buy a book here, you are likely to meet the author as well.” Nepali journalists and academics drop in regularly, as do experts from abroad in everything from economic development to Buddhism.

Our Latest Publication

USD 42

MUSTANG: The Culture and Landscape of Lo
Author: Michael Beck

USD 24

Commentary on Bringing Dreams onto the Path from The Compassionate Sun of the Mother Tantra
Author: Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin

USD 7

How to Practise Dzogchen in Daily Life
Author: Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin

USD 12

The Provisional and the Final Meaning, from The Pinnacle of the Great Expanse
Author: Nyachen Lishu Tagring

USD 15

The Supplementary Explanation on The Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen
Author: Khenrab Gyatso

USD 35

Of Salt and Rice Life and Trade of the Bhote Khampa in Far West Nepal
Author: Hanna Rauber

USD 15

Kavya : Representative Nepali Poetry in English
Author: Eds. Khem K. Aryal , Tika Lamsal , Saraswoti Lamichhane, Raj K. Baral , Narayan Bhattarai

USD 25

PATAN VABAHA : History and Inventory of a Newar Buddhist Monastery
Author: Niels Gutschow , Bijay Basukala , Nutandhar Sharma

USD 13.95

A Concise History of the Glorious Sakyapa School
Author: Chogye Trichen Rinpoche , Translated by David P. Jackson

USD 50

Paubha : Where The Divinities Reside
Author: Ujay Bajracharya

USD 50

Preserving Charnarayana : The Rebuilding of a 16th Century Temple on Patan Royal Square , Nepal 2015 - 2019
Author: Niels Gutschow , Raju Roka

USD 25

Words of a Gentle Sage : Collected Teachings of Khenchen Appey Rinpoche Volume 2
Author: Khenchen Appey Rinpoche

USD 15

Khukuri : Kike , History and the Gurkhas
Author: KAMAN S. RAI

USD 60

Nepal Remembered : Historical Images from Dirgha Man and Ganesh Man Chitrakar
Author: Written by Cristeena Chitrakar with Mark Watson and David N Gellner

USD 35

Asian Influences on Tibetan Military History between 17th and 20th Centuries
Author: S.G. Fitzherbert, Alice Travers

USD 50

Drenpa's Proclamation : The Rise and Decline of the Bon Religion in Tibet
Author: Per Kvaerne, Dan Martin

USD 30

Nepal Mandal : A Pilgrim's Guide to the Kathmandu Valley
Author: Keith Dowman

USD 20

The Ancient Tibetan Civilization : Studies in Myth, Religion, And History of Tibet
Author: Tsewang Gyalpo Arya

USD 20

Fortunate to Behold : A History of the Birth of the Blessed one Sakyamuni Buddha at Lumbini
Author: Chogye Trichen Rinpoche, Translated by David P. Jackson

USD 20

Dakini : The Himalayan Quartet
Author: Deepak S Rana

USD 25

Corner of a Foreign Field : The British Cemetery at Kathmandu
Author: Mark F. Watson , Andrew R. Hall

USD 29.9

The Magical Monkey of Swayambhu | The Legend of Machig (Box Set)
Author: Luke Davis , Illustrated by Ratna Sagar Shrestha

USD 20

Gateway to the Temple : A Manual of Tibetan Buddhist Monastic Customs, Art, Building and Celebrations (Revised Ed.)
Author: Chogye Trichen Rinpoche , Translated by David P. Jackson

USD 55

BOUDHA Restoring the Great Stupa
Author: Mani Lama, Caroll Dunham, Meryl Dunham, Mimi Church, Steve LeClarq

USD 30

The Cult and the Practice of the Bonpo Deity Walchen Gekhod also known as Zhang Zhung Meri
Author: John Myrdhin Reynolds

USD 80

Lama of Lamas The Life of the Vajra Master Chogye Trichen Rinpoche (2 Volumes)
Author: David P Jackson

USD 80

The Eighty Mahasiddhas of the Mother Tantra : The Sacred Art of Tibetan Thangkas
Author: Tsadzin Lopon Geshe Monlam Wangyal

USD 18.99

The Ambassador's Dog
Author: Written by Scott H. DeLisi, Illustrated by Jane Lillian Vance

USD 45

The Fifth Dalai Lama And His First Three Administrators
Author: Sean Jones

USD 15

Practices of Sociology in Nepal
Author: Editors: Pranab Kharel , Gaurab KC

USD 20

Research for Zhang Zhung Civilisation
Author: Tsering Thar

USD 15.95

Zhang Zhung Nyengyud Ngondro : The Preliminary Practices to Dzogchen according to the Oral Transmission to Zhangzhung
Author: Ponlob Tsangpa Tenzin Rinpoche

USD 50

Two Illuminated text Collections of Namgyal Monastery : A Study of Early Buddhist Art and Literature in Mustang
Author: Christian Luczanits , Markus Viehbeck

USD 20

Representing the World as Sacred
Author: Musashi Tachikawa

USD 52

Tales from the Himalaya
Author: Henry Edmundson

USD 19.95

Sakya Panditas Treatise on Music
Author: Ricardo Canzio

USD 36

Everest Reflections on the Solukhumbu
Author: Lisa Choegyal, Sujoy Das

USD 56

Presents for Buddha : The Meaning of the eight auspicious symbols in Tibetan Buddhism
Author: Tibet Institute Rikon, Rudolf Hogger

USD 25

Exorcising Ancestors Conquering Heaven : Himalayan Rituals in Context
Author: Brigitte Steinmann, Mukta Singh Tamang, Thuden Gyalchen Lama

USD 45

Himalayan Farming : Traditions and skills in Nepal, Sikkim, and Pakistan
Author: Fritz Berger

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